An East St. John player chases down the ball against Hahnville on Tuesday night. (Kelly Morris, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune )

The Hahnville boys soccer team has been snake-bitten offensively.

Tuesday’s heavy rains didn’t exactly make things easier, but the Tigers did enough to leave their rain-soaked home turf happy.

Craig Ford scored on a penalty kick and Hahnville pulled out a 1-0 win over East St. John. Ford was awarded the penalty kick after a handball in the 57th minute, and even that goal didn’t come easy. East St. John junior goalkeeper Marshall Robles got a piece of it, but the ball still found the bottom left corner.

“I’m not going to lie. The goalie did a real good job,” Ford said. “He got a hand on it. He just couldn’t stop it.”

East St. John Coach Paul Dupuy thought to put Tony Warren in net since he excels with penalty kicks, but there wasn’t enough time.

“Tony’s got the quickest reflexes, but Marshall played great all game,” Dupuy said. “It still shouldn’t come down to that. We had chances to score, and we didn’t capitalize.”

Hahnville (5-11-1, 4-1 Division I, District 8) had more chances hit the post. Entering the game, Hahnville hadn’t scored in three games. On Tuesday, the Tigers tried to simplify their game and connect on passes even though it was difficult to do on the slippery turf.

“It’s the nature of the game,” Hahnville Coach Gabriel Briones said. “We had a real good talk about it, but that was it. We let it go. We can only control what we can control. That’s us. That’s our game. That’s our play. That’s our passing. Every day is a new day.”

The younger Wildcats (4-14, 2-3) struggled finishing, too. Warren hit the post on a penalty shot in the 20th minute.

“I’ve never seen him miss,” Dupuy said. That had to go a lot how we were shooting and passing. A lot of balls slipped off the foot.

“We played great defense and we had opportunities. Sometimes the ball doesn’t bounce your way. We’re young. We’re mostly freshmen and sophomores.”